A chim Kampker has little of a crazy professor. The 41-year-old was initially laughed at for his idea and declared crazy. In the conference room of Streetscooter in Aachen, he sips with a boyish grin on his coffee and tells about how he became the managing director of the largest manufacturer of electric utility vehicles… Continue reading Electric car is so easy
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The car syndicate
VW, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler formed a cartel for years – one of the largest in German economic history – DER SPIEGEL 2017/30 scandals The diesel affair is not a failure of individual companies. It is the result of a year-long Kungelei German automaker. Audi, BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen and Porsche spoke in more than… Continue reading The car syndicate
Prevent buys important foundry – and raises prices for VW apparently ten times
Wednesday, 05/30/2018 08:05 clock The dispute between the automotive supplier Prevent and the car giant Volkswagen has been smoldering for a long time. In 2016, the conflict made headlines nationwide: The Bosnian owners of Prevent ordered a stop of supply from their German factories to VW – and so temporarily put the production of the… Continue reading Prevent buys important foundry – and raises prices for VW
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Daimler a bend and clears Dalai Lama quote
Daimler advertised in China with a quote from the Dalai Lama, then came complaints. Now the car maker has given in, human rights activists consider that a “shameful kowtowing”. Dalai Lama Wednesday, 07.02.2018 10:47 Daimler has with a quote of Dalai Lama caused a controversy in China and Germany. In the People’s Republic of the… Continue reading Daimler a bend and clears Dalai Lama quote
Auto stocks in the acid test
e It was the German afternoon on Friday afternoon, when the 45th President of the United States was doing his favorite thing in faraway Washington: Donald Trump tweeted. His message moved – as the President likes it – immediately the stock exchanges. In Germany, shortly before the market closed, the prices of German automakers Daimler,… Continue reading Auto stocks in the acid test
Apple developer is spied on for Chinese company to have
e former Apple employees have been arrested in the United States on suspicion of trade secrets to a Chinese company. Xiaolang Zhang is due during his parental leave Apple He has downloaded carefully-guarded information about a self-driving car onto his laptop and shared it with start-up Xiaopeng Motors, according to the FBI’s indictment. In addition,… Continue reading Apple developer is spied on for Chinese company
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Salaries in Dax companies diverges
D The salary gap in Germany’s top corporations has increased in the past year. The executives of the 30 Dax companies earned an average of 52 times as much as their employees, as a study published on Thursday in Frankfurt by the German Association for the Protection of Securities ( DSW ) and the Technical… Continue reading Salaries in Dax companies diverges
Adieu BMW, Mercedes, VW?
W I was worried Svenja Schulze I went on vacation. Maybe with plane, ship, car, cow, something pollutantunwreibreibendem stop. But then the Federal Environment Minister appeared in the Rhineland, where she found out about the hardware retrofitting she loved for old diesels. Because the minister wants to avoid driving bans. The same thing that has… Continue reading Adieu BMW, Mercedes, VW?
VW will not release its cars for longer than expected
D The car maker Volkswagen expects due to the new emissions test with an even longer dry spell than previously known. “This topic will occupy us for a few months until we come back to a normal driving style in the plants,” wrote CEO Herbert Diess to the employees. Because of the from 1 September… Continue reading VW will not release its cars for longer than expected
So dependent are the car manufacturers of China
D he German automakers are becoming increasingly dependent on the Chinese market. Last year Volkswagen sold two out of five cars in China, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Center for Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch Gladbach. Audi Every third sold there, BMW every fourth and Daimler every fifth. According to CAM… Continue reading So dependent are the car manufacturers of China